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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jack injured on the train?

2. What does Sarah say she spends most of her time doing after having her second daughter?

3. What is Jack's father's name?

4. How does Sarah wound one of the men who rob a train?

5. Why does Sarah not dye her petticoats after Jimmy dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah say she sees after losing her daughter?

2. What does Moses Smith try to do to Sarah, and how is he stopped?

3. What helps Savannah to recover after her complicated labor?

4. What kind of gift does Jack bring for April?

5. What does Sarah make to sell in town?

6. Why does Jack say he helped Sarah around her house so much just before the 4th of July?

7. What does Sarah hate most about her first home at the fort?

8. Who helps Sarah with her daily tasks while she is at the fort?

9. What does April do when Sarah moves back to the ranch?

10. What sad news does Savannah hear about Ulyssa after her complicated childbirth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the ways Jack saved Sarah from dangerous situations, and how did this affect their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters who are touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How did Sarah educate herself, and what affect did this have on her family?

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